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Pride and Prejudice

Example: In which ways is Elizabeth different from the rest of the Bennet family? What does the
contrast reveal about her character?

Elizabeth is one of the only characters in Pride and Prejudice who changes significantly
over the course of the story. Her distinctive quality is her extreme perceptiveness, which
she uses to assess others at the beginning of the novel and understand her own flaws at the
end. Most of the other Bennets are stuck in their ways - Jane is eternally optimistic, Lydia
and Mrs. Bennet are frivolous, Mr. Bennet is sarcastic and cynical, and so on - but
Elizabeth regularly reflects on the events in her life. She learns to question herself
whereas most of the others act as though they have settled on a certain worldview.
Elizabeth is therefore a true individual who adapts to the world around her, and seeks
constantly to better understand her desires so that she can find happiness.